Storm-sash fastener



L. R. BORLAND., STORM SASH FAYSTENER.

7 APPLICATION FILED-JUNE 12 ,19. RENEWED DEC. I0, IBIB. I 11,311,037,

Patented July 22,1919.

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STORM-SASH FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 22, 1919.

Application filed June 12, 1917, Serial No. 174,386. Renewed December 10, 1918. Serial No. 266,129.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Lnwrs R. BORLAND, a citizen of the United States, residing at Merced Falls, in the county of Merced and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Storm-Sash Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to builders hardware, and to devices therein ordinarily known as shutter bowers; and the object of the same is to produce operating andfastening means for a screen, a shutter, or more particularly an outside or storm sash such as is usually hinged at'the top within the window casing and normally rests at its bottom on the outer edge of the window sill.

As is well known to those who live in the colder climates, it is customary on the approach of the winter season to supply outside sashcs or storm windows to the various window frames to prevent the elements from striking the panes in the usual windows and chilling the interior of a residence by radiation from the cold glass. These storm windows are usually sashes whichfit closely into the rabbet at the outside of the window casing, and are screwed therein or otherwise held permanently throughout the winter seasonbeing againvremoved in the spring and stored away till the following fall. The objection arises, however, that in mild days or whenever it is desired to ventilate the interior of the dwelling, it is impossible to do so by raising the lower sash of the ordinary window, because the storm window stands beyond it and is fixed in position from the outside. I have therefore devised a. storm sash fastener and operating device which may be manipulated from the interior by raising the lower sash to get at it, and the preferred construction and use of this invention will be set forth in the following specification, reference being made to the accompanying drawings wherein Figure 1 is a vertical section through an ordinary window equipped with a storm sash which is fastened by a device constituting the subject matter of my invention, the ,storm sash being shown in full lines as closed and in dotted lines as swung open a little way, and the lower sash being here shown as closed and the upper sash as drawn far down so that it would be open at the top of the window frame.

Fig. 2 is a perspective detail of the hard ware or metallic parts of my invention de tached from the storm sash.

In Fig. 1 is shown a window frame F having a sill S and outer and inner channels 0 and I in which move respectively the upper and lower sashes U and L, the same being weighted or not and fastenedor not as desired, as these details form no part of the present invention.

Thenumeral 1 in the present case represents a storm. sash, although I do not wish to be limited in this connection and it is quite possible this element might be a shut ter or a screen. Ordinarily it lies in the outer rabbet of the window frame or casing, and we may assume that it is hinged at its upper edge or end as at 2, its sides fit said rabloet, and its lower end rests normally on the sill S. When in place it produces a. dead-air space between its glass and the panes of the upper and lower sashes, and of course it presents double glass to the exclusion of the elements. The present invention is designed to permit the lower end of this storm sash to be swung outward a little ways as seen in dotted lines in Fig. 1, when occasions make it desirable; and at other times to hold the lower end of the storm sash looked as shown in full lines in said view. The numeral 3 designates a. bar of metal, which may be of any appropriate cross section, hinged as at 4 within its length so that its outer end may hang if preferred, and having a knob or head 5 at its outer extremity-the entire bar being slightly curved as seen, so that it follows an arc struck around the hinges 2. The inner end of this bar is pivoted at 6 to an L-shaped bracket 7 fastened upon the window sill S. Attention is invited to the fact that this bracket is disposed in line with the outer channel 0 so that the upper sash U when drawn down may not rest upon the sill S, but all parts of the bracket and the devices yet to be described are out of line with the inner channel I, with the result that the lower sash L may be drawn down onto the sill as shown in full lines. When the upper sash is drawn down as far as may be, it is open at the top, but this sash will hardly ever be opened to this extent. Therefore the disposition of the hardware on the sill S is entirely outside of alinement with the inner channel I and will in no way interfere with the movement of the lower sash L.

The bar passes through a tubular guide 10 having outer and inner plates 11 and 12 which are attached to the respective faces of the storm sash, while the guide passes through the lower transverse stile thereof as will be clearly understood; and pivoted within this guide at 16 is the eccentric head 17 of a fastening element having a lever handle 18 projecting inward therefrom and overlying the bar as shown. \Vhen this handle is borne downward, the eccentric head bites upon the bar and fastens the guide thereto, whatever the position of the guide and storm sash: when said handle is raised the eccentic head is freed from the bar, and the operator may push or pull on the handle to swing the sash outward or inward at its lower end around its hinges 2. When the storm sash is drawn completely inward, the pivot in the bar permits the outer end thereof to hang over the sill S and not to project rigidly outward and pre' sent an unsightly appearance. This pivot, however, may be omitted if preferred. The bar remains within the sash, but it is quite possible to disconnect its pivot with the bracket and remove it from the same when the latter is stored away during the warmer months. The hardware is prefe ably entirely of galvanized metal so that it will not rust. Of course the storm sash may have double or single glass, or, as above suggested, this might be a screen or a shutter.

A storm sash equipped with this device is put up as usual by connecting its upper end with the hinges 2, after which the bracket is connected with its sill as seen in Fig. l. Ordinarily the lower end of this sash is borne inward until it rests on the sill outside the window casing and probably nearly flush with the clapboarding, and rain or snow striking the storm sash will run down the same and pass over the sill. If now an occasion should arise when the Copies of this patent may be obtained for of the storm sash outward.

occupant of a building so equipped desires to ventilate a room, for instance, he has but to raise the lower sash L, reach under it and grasp the handle 18, move the latter to disengage the clamping action of the eccentric upon the bar, and then-still utilizing the lever 18 as a handlepush the lower end In this action the guide slides along the bar, and if it is moved far enough it slides past the pivot in the bar and alines the two parts thereof in a manner which will be clear. Having pushed the sash out sufficiently far, the lever handle 18 is manipulated to reengage the clamping device with the bar, and the sash is held in this position as long as may be desired. Now if the lower sash L is permitted to remain raised, there is a free circulation of air from the exteriorunder and around the storm sash, and under the lower sash L and into the room, .and vice versa. The same will be true if the element 1 were a shutter excepting, perhaps, that it would ordinarily be swung farther outward than merely the short distance necessary to admit air for the purposes of ventilation. The storm sash when so swung outward does not yet admit the elements, excepting such rain or snow as may pass by its partly opened edges or sides and blow in beneath the raised lower sash L. At any time the house holder can close and fasten the storm sash in the original position.

What is claimed as new is A swinging sash fastener, comprising a bracket to be secured to a fixed part of the frame, a bar pivotally connected to said bracket and formed in two hingedly connected parts, a plate slidably mounted on the bar and adapted to be secured to the outer side of the sash, angle plates arranged on opposite side of the bar, the alined portions thereof being adapted to be secured to the sash, and .a lever pivotally mounted in between the remaining sections of the angle plates and having an eccentric head adapted to cooperate with the bar to secure the plates against movement longitudinally of the bar.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

LEWIS R. BORLAND.

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